John, Russell and Darius tackle the off-season in MLB focussing on the CBA lockout, free-agent ‘Deadline Day’ and some speculation about what comes next… Listen to “Episode 262 – Bad Manners” on Spreaker.
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Episode 261 – Kieran Lovegrove Joins the Show
Fair Ball advocate and former Cleveland, Giants and Angels Minor League pitcher joins John to discuss why he broke the unspoken code of silence around minor-league pay and conditions. In a broad-ranging chat, they discuss Kieran’s own journey, his hopes
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Episode 260 – BFN Alternative MLB Awards 2021
The guys get together to hand out the real MLB Awards: Most Consequential Cup of Coffee Futile Contribution to the Playoff Narrative Most Anonymous Starter Most Overrated Underrated Player Best Imaginary Rangers Reliever Outstanding Contribution to Baseball Memes Apologies for
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Episode 259 – Drew Spencer, Head Coach GB Baseball
Great Britain Baseball’s Head Coach joins John to chat about a successful first year of competition as joint steward of the men’s team. They cover everything from prepping for two COVID hit European Championships, recruiting the next generation of GB
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Episode 258 – Kai Correa Joins the Show
We have a fantastic guest to kick off the offseason – San Francisco Giants bench coach Kai Correa! Kai joins Russell and Darius to talk about his journey to the Giants, their 107-win season, the nuances of coaching veterans, learning
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Episode 257 – Bye Bye Buster
Darius, Russell and Ben join forces for a post-World Series wrap (was it any good?), some Awards chat (DeGrom for Cy?!) and a brief tribute to Buster Posey (slam dunk Hall of Famer) Listen to “Episode 257 – Bye Bye
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Episode 256 – Khan He Even Say That?
John and Russ chat about the week in baseball, taking a trip to the Arm Barn, a stop for some soft serve, a cakewalk with Albert, kicking it with Ken and the little matter of the World Series being on.
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Bonus Episode – Sports Podcast Awards Transatlantic Takeover
In a very special bonus episode as part of the inaugural Sports Podcast Awards, John and Darius are joined by Brandon Warne of That 90s Baseball Pod to chat about their respective baseball origin stories, the state of the sport
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Episode 255 – The Muppets Championship Series
John, Russ and Rob look back on a competitive and fun first two rounds of the playoffs and ahead to two seemingly less well-matched Championship Series. They get mad about bad announcing and Tony La Russa too, obviously. Plus ça
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Episode 254 – Rays of Light or It’s A Shame About Rays? (2021 Playoff Predictions)
John, Ben, Darius and Russ take turns to stump for each of this year’s playoff field before almost coming to virtual blows as they fashion the official BFN 2021 playoff bracket. We give it 24 hours before this blows up
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